A boy's life in changing Japan 1963

A Japanese boy and his kite are featured in this instructional film. He fancies children's day. He visits Yokohama a viewer informs me by . May be viewers may enlighten me. A viewer informs me: this film was shown to 5th and 6th grade students in the USA for "world studies" classes.

[@stevengallanter665]

The ending is such a lovely metaphor for the beauty and pain of boyhood.

[@ThePretzelHead]

Steven Gallanter there is a Czech borne artist named Pavel Marie. He talks about being raised in communist controlled Czech and also being the third son.. Oppressed politically and within the family, he looked in the sky and dreamed of flying a plane out of Czech to freedom some day.. Now he makes the cutest planes for children to dream in too.

[@rickylovesyou]

Ah how i wish I could watch hours and hours of this type of wholesome era documentaries.

[@tylerdelgregg9398]

I was born in Yokohama and lived there until I was 18. (1956-1974) This is exactly how I remember Japan. It's hard to tell whether the city scene was in Yokohama, but the presence of Western women shopping makes is very probable. This is so very enjoyable... little things like the red train with the white stripe, the colorful busses, and the country houses make me nosatalgic.

[@betterd9160]

I feel the same way. I think we were much better off in those days. We are the last of a generation before the technological explosion

[@bigguys45s29]

Same exact year that “Sukiyaki” by Kyu Sakamoto was released. A No. 1 hit in America. The only Japanese song to ever reach No. 1 in American history, in fact.

[@mkvision]

I love that song.

[@s-a-r-a-h]

Aaaah I love the song Sukiyaki!

[@hellojapan915]

上を向いて　is the original name "Ue O Muite"

[@kiyotakahirayama7777]

ほのぼのとしたいい映像だ。いい時代だった。

[@mervynanip9925]

I have been to Japan last year, and many things changed. The places I’ve visited was all modern and high-tech. One of many attributes that I fell in love in Japan was that despite of her rapid modernization, you can still see the kind of village where Ito lived even today. It was apples to the eyes.

[@michaelijsbrand]

Good to hear. It was always a country where old and new were delightfully intermingled.

[@thephenomenonwatcher]

少年が叔母と訪れたのは横浜市の最高峰円海山の麓、峰か田中。円海山の頂上にはアンテナ群が見える。帰りの電車に乗り込む京浜急行駅は屏風ヶ浦。途中、山渓園とか裏の八王子海岸に寄り関内へ。伊勢佐木町のホコ天が始まったのが昭和３９年だからそれ以前の貴重なフィルムですね。電車の型が変わったり伊豆や多摩川の風景はご愛嬌ですね。それと昔の大桟橋が懐かしい。 Thank you Mike.

[@lorettatayor5840]

i remember growing up in the 60's, being born in 1957, remember hearing a plane overhead, & running outside to see it. not very many planes passed over our house then. much has changed now. of course this was in Tennessee. so innocent then. good film..

[@dinil5566]

In our country we still do that even though there is an airport nearby. People still like seeing flying stuffs..

[@ScoopexUs]

So romantic. :) Maybe it's the rural setting, or maybe it's the simpler times that appeals so. But I think the sunny, detailed, and skillful footage of the highlights in a world of the past is what makes you happy watching this instructional film.

[@florenciafacal7891]

I always use this video in my classes. Thank you

[@user-yx8bh9gu4t]

At least once a week when I was in elementary school in the early '70s in the suburbs of Chicago, our class would assemble in the auditorium and watch these kind of educational films as part of our A-V (Audio-Visual) periods. There's nothing like a Bell-Howell 16mm projector playing these kind of old films, when all of sudden the film goes off the reels and the screen goes blank. Those were the times for collective "Aaaaaaaaaaaaawwwws!" and "Liiiiiights!" LOL! Love these films with their corny soundtrack and their campy narration although they weren't trying to be at all.

[@AAmoroso]

heheh it was before camp was set up

[@Hoshikani]

gotwa229 same things was in the ussr too. liiiiights!

[@betterd9160]

I grew up in the same era. Oak Park in the 70s was great.

[@stace3037]

Unlike some boys in your other videos (e.g. Romania, India) this boy has a 30 year golden age of economic prosperity ahead of him.

[@FOLIPE]

Not a bad situation for one to enter the job market and start a family

[@00ta]

A very nice film. I'm younger than Itoh, but the sceneries that appeared in this film are familiar to me. And the kite. I did the same thing as him.

[@Belikel]

Maybe I'm mistaken, but I don't see that much difference compared to contemporary Japan? If it weren't for the old-fashioned cars and the video degradation, I could mistake it for a video of recent times.

[@aoikatsukinikiforov]

sounds fun

[@k.e8638]

@@Belikel The culture is the same cause japanese are addicted to their culture this is maybe the reason why you think that Japan did not change but Japan changed a lot not only the technology which Japan is famous for.

[@shii000]

Great video! And Ito's aunt was a trooper, hiking in her heels hahaha.

[@ajadrew]

Being born in 1958 this old film resonates in a way not easy to put into words!

[@itskitty808]

My aunt was probably in Japan at this time. She lived a life like this during this time. She lived in Japan until 1993 (the year of my birth hehe).

[@battennagasaki]

Nice color footage. I was born in 1963. This reminds me of many things. Thank you for uploading.

[@_takashinahajime4334]

いやあよく撮られてますね。食事の時の着物がちょっと新し過ぎて違和感ありましたが、全体的に、撮影対象物が非常に的確で素晴らしいです。1963年の日本の姿がよく分かります。灯台下暗しで、私たち日本人が撮ってしまうと案外焦点がずれてしまうのかもしれません。(赤に白ラインの)京浜急行で三浦の実家の方に行って来たのでしょうね。京急はたまに乗りますけど、今もどこか昭和の空気が感じられて良いですね。

[@grettelvargas844]

I love Japan so much!!!

[@usagihirameki8971]

撮影前に玄関前とかめっちゃくちゃ綺麗に掃除した形跡がある・・こういう部分って日本人特有ですなぁ。

[@jitkasoliman7580]

Such innocent times... Love this film!

[@Graffitinyc1]

This is SO beautiful!!!!! Wow! And so rare, too!

[@rapid789]

That is so great. I love Japan, always a pleasure to visit it.

[@ImperialSo]

My father was born in 1954, so I can assume he lead a similar life to the one which the boy lived.

[@michaelijsbrand]

Thanks forthe interest. This educational film was made primarily for American children. Classroom teaching made great use of visual materials to bring subjects as geography home to the pupils. I think that it was taken in Kodachrome ( available even before WW2) , or Ektachrome Commercial, but I'm not sure.

[@urakunt866]

I love Japan. A pure Nation

[@Geedi1977]

A pure nation: no such thing exists. Only supremacists dream of this foolish fantasy.

[@millievanillie0]

Ito looked like a really nice kid, i hope he had a good childhood

[@lorocator]

Would be nice to see a Japanese Documentary telling the story of a kid in the US and describing every little detail as they view it.

[@dexterdex5483]

You made me cry Edo 🥰😭!! I love you ❤️♥️

[@thelaymanproject4035]

A little gem of an upload on KZbin thanks..

[@elleh3495]

Ito should be glad he didn't have to walk that far in high heel shoes like his aunt did☺️. Nice film, thank you!

[@sbtmko]

これはアメリカの学校で外国のことを教えるフィルムなのでセミドキュメンタリー風のようです。凧のストーリー（台本）があってそれにからめて日常生活を紹介しているので少し編集に適当なところがありますね！確かに多摩川を越えたのに着いたのは横浜なので「あれ？」となりました。 あとこの話は郊外に遊びに来たのではなく、この郊外（田舎）が少年の住んでいる家で横浜に買い物に行くという筋です。

[@isshin55555]

Thank you so much for posting these videos. Quite impressive for me.

[@Xwhatwater]

Rest in peace Mr.Micheal💐, we all miss you forever.

[@miyubail]

This vid sure brings back my childhood memory. I was 1st grade. I can sure relate to the everyday life of this boy. Although It's kind of funny to call him Ito, because it's like calling a little boy "Johnson" or "smith".

[@May00Rocks]

Thank you, Michael.

[@kpo1870]

The children's festival day(mainly for boys) in Japan is on May 5 every year. I think this boy probably was born on 1951 or 1952, about the same age as American famous child actors Kurt Russell, Jay North, etc. Though I'm slightly younger than him, I remember the boy's festival day in 1963 clearly. Thanks for updating!

[@michaelijsbrand]

I remember that May 5th was a joyful day with colorful carps flowing in the air when I stayed in Japan in the fifties.

[@xkn8147]

What a wonderful little video. Thanks for sharing.

[@karatekid3153]

I like the kid's take on his lost kite.

[@SensaiMan]

Absolutely brilliant! I really enjoyed seeing this video, of Japan, back in 1963 I used to love to make my own Kite and try to get it to reach the sky. I visited Japan, last year, and every time I visit the Country, has changed so much. Thanks for sharing :)

[@kevp9601]

And I Really, Really Love That Japanese Young Boy of Japan so Much Too, Everyone. 😍

[@Spitfyre]

That was great, thanks.

[@JuanManuel-qz8qi]

What a wonderful film

[@MaartenvanRossemLezingen]

lol these 50's and 60's docufilms are cute as fuck

[@DesertArizona]

dapperedavid hahahaha they are aren't they

[@hachi5408]

20 years later he will be living in the time of Japan's economic boom, with Japan's amazing genre of 80's city pop

[@kevp9601]

I Love Japan So Much Too, Everyone. 😀

[@jacobeksor6088]

Love village life style , love nature around.I’m Montagnard indigenous was grown up in thick jungles.

[@beluvingangel]

Thank you for posting up this inspiring video :)

[@azwaranas7256]

Nice, beautiful life.

[@user-eh1wc3iq7i]

>>5:12 この時代のトラックの配色のセンスとかトラック自体のデザインとかかっこいいよなぁ

[@wildbill9919]

ln 1968 lto's kite landed in my back yard in Houston.

[@jyothiprasadb2133]

Nice to see a smile on his face

[@junchan9817]

昭和29年生まれの俺の父親がどういう生活を送っていたのかがよく分かる貴重な資料だ

[@lylehsaxon]

Very interesting footage. Thank you for posting fascinating archival material like this! Regarding Yokohama - at 4:51, it shows a sign saying "イセゼキ町" (Isezakicho, or 伊勢佐木町 in all-kanji), which is in Yokohama. Now to continue watching! :)

[@user-eh5xr1mh6w]

so lovely

[@EkaraLibrae]

I was born in 1963, lots of memories :)

[@wkboyjames]

Nice film, Love it

[@TAKEBOU007]

撮影に来ると言うので、みんなおめかししてご飯食べたんだろうね。ご飯も豪華だなあ。

[@tatehikooka3982]

家族全員が、家で「割り箸」でご飯は食べませんよね。 撮影用の特別設え。

[@kaeresetgfdr3066]

today ito surely would play his phone 24/7 and fly his drone ....being bored though......

[@user-om1hm1lz3o]

屛風ヶ浦、弘明寺、『伊勢佐木町・・・あぁ、何もかもが懐かしき風景！！　少年が凧をあげていた場所はどのあたりでしょうか？

[@user-qh1pe2kk3u]

今ではJMU磯子造船所のある辺りがあんなに鄙びた海辺で、住宅地のある高台に桑畑が広がっていたなんて。 余りの変貌に驚きますが、京浜急行の電車の塗装は今でも変わってないんですね。

[@thephenomenonwatcher]

@MichaelRogge Oh, I'm sorry that I called you Mike. I was so silly. Well...about your question, I have to say "not really" but I used ride this train every day for high school through this station the boy and his aunt took. This film remind me many things and I had impressive feeling. Anyway, I envy you that you had so amazing experiences. I'm sure many Japanese will glad about your posting of footage. Again, Thank you sir!

[@robertmarquez2767]

Are you saying you lived in the same area the kid Itto lived?

[@DavidAusman]

I hope Ito sees this and tells us what he did with his life.

[@robertmarquez2767]

That'd be great!

[@zobenny8290]

the boy is so cute~😝 beautiful life~

[@sbtmko]

Hi! Great thanks for posting nice movies!! 'thephenomenonwatcher' said that train station must be "Keikyu Byobugaura" station and Ito's homeplace was "Mine" or "Tanaka" near Enkai hill (Enkaizan). Btw I love your big collection of old movies about asian countries so much.

[@guiltygearcore]

Me when I was a kid. I love flying kite too hehehe.

[@thephenomenonwatcher]

Great vid! and a BIG present for citizens of Yokohama.　Thank you so very much! Oh, I'm your big fan also.

[@robertmarquez2767]

Did you know the kid?

[@anamarievivero7774]

Nice video! Feel I am watching the neighbors view at this moment. The only different is the people clothing style and most is the roads, here where I live even the farmers roads are asphalt or cement. I am living here in a country side of Japan for almost three decades and I can tell you that there’s still so many places like this in the video but like I said the roads are just asphalt now, the people are the same as well. Thanks for sharing!! I thought I was watching Mickey Mouse because the soundtrack and the narrator voice are bit the same! 😂😂😂😂 Good luck to you and more power!!! Till the next vid of yours!!!

[@HumanLinkCenter]

so nostalgic....a real time machine for me

[@miyubail]

Another comment from me. The destination after the train ride is Yokohama. It was a prestige to display Koi banners higher than the neighbors back then. But nowadays neighbors complain because the wind chime comes with the banner poles are too noisy so people don't do that in the cities. How sad is that? Of course people nowadays live in the small apartment buildings they call "mansions", there is no room to display those dolls and banners.And a lot of time it's a burden to family members to purchase those traditional dolls and stuff. They are not cheap you know. How sad is that?

[@anamarievivero7774]

miyubail ( how sad is that? ) !? おかしいな言い方をするんどすな！

[@mr.sarojthu6416]

Loved watching it from Nepal. Hope Ito is doing well!😊

[@am_I_or_am_I_not]

So pure

[@khotange5873]

So nice video

[@ytake07]

Thanks for comment back. I thought so since Super Anscochrome 16mm cine film has been available since 1957 (ASA100) and 1959 (ASA200) while Kodachrome 64 only after 1974, 200 only after 1986. If ASA25 or ASA40 Kodachrome was used at that meal scene, one must replace overhead 60W or 100W household tungsten lamp with 300W or 500W photoflood lamp, which seemingly not. Anyway the short cinema is very nice. Thanks Michael.

[@user-yl3lf6dz7q]

昔は凧上げする場所があったからね たまーに出かける時はおめかしおしゃれをして出掛けたな お雛様なんて豪華な物飾ってなかったな でも母がちらし寿司と吸い物を作ってくれた 私が9歳の時でした 懐かしい

[@DesertArizona]

Japan is so much better than America.... When I was his age I was smoking weed and throwing water balloons at cars....

[@laddasirisangchaikul5231]

DesertArizona สนามหลวงในอดีตกาลไปนอนค้ื

[@bartfart3847]

Filthy wannabe Weaboo !

[@babygirl6789]

Corrupt youth you were

[@namjoonismypresident6936]

Bart Fart Saying Japan is better than America is not being a weeb. I can write you a list of countries that are better than America 🙄

[@fujithegreat6069]

Healthiest mericun child. Gosh, don't you just love individualism?

[@klaatubaradanikuto7195]

1963年＝昭和38年か。 こういう記録映画は、いかにも欧米人がイメージする「日本らしさ」(たまに中国と混同する)を「演出」した記録映画が多いんだけど。そうなると、もう純粋な記録じゃないんだが、これは割と忠実だね。当時の様子を知るには凄く貴重だ。 なぜ日本人が記録した物は無いんだろう。 食事の時、お母さんはあんな白い綺麗な着物は絶対着ないぞ。 あの凧、絵柄や足のひらひら見ると日本製じゃないね。中国製だ。 糸が切れる凧揚げあるあるまでやってくれてる。 　（普通は糸がきれたら、凧は飛ばされながら落ちるんだけど、それを言っちゃあ、お終いか）

[@user-kd4hc4rd7i]

当日はカメラや8mm等 一般人には超高級品だからかも

[@YuYu-wf1jd]

風向きによっては何処までも高くとんでいく凧もありますよ。 私が小学生の頃に学校で作った凧は、とても良く上がるので先生に奪われ(笑) 糸が足りずに他の子の子から借りて継ぎ足し、長く延びた糸は空で大きくたわみ凧の本体が点に見えるほど高く上がりました。 そこは風の吹きかたも良い場所ではあったと思いますが、私同様良く翔んだはいいが、力負けして糸を手放し天高く飛んでいってしまったものもありました。 糸を離して墜落してしまうのは凧の出来が良くないか、まだそれ程高度が上がっていない時点だと思いますよ。

[@rolmaguiland21]

Nice film

[@DiazConnell]

Japan before internet era hits different... 😊

[@michaelijsbrand]

@nutchan0731 . Thanks for your info, very useful !

[@robertmarquez2767]

Did you recorded this?

[@waxingreina7945]

お箸の持ち方が気になります。。。

[@michaelijsbrand]

@thephenomenonwatcher Thanks. Do you know more about the boy Ito and his kite featured in this film?

[@suika.kunoichi]

In the video, you can find an advertisement "峰の灸" (probably near his home) when the boy Ito is leaving his home on foot along the rice field with aunt to Isezaki in Yokohama. So his home must have been around the area with the current postcode 〒235-0044 Yokohama city, Kanagawa prefecture

[@sukisukiww]

最後凧が飛んでって、泣くのかと思ったが、よく考えたら全部演出なんだろうな。

[@sleepybom]

今の日本じゃ、正月に凧揚げも羽根つきもしないし、門松もない、注連縄もしない、餅を飾る家も少なくなり、 日の丸も掲げない、獅子舞も来ないし、全くもってダラけている。

[@1983japan]

平成に入ってからおかしくなった

[@whjb50bf82]

正月といえば、駄菓子屋で売っていたコマを買って回したり、スポーツ店にも置かれるようになった竹馬なんかに乗ったりしたものだった。それから福笑いとかね。

[@user-rt9in4gc9s]

スマホいじって、コタツの中で寝てるのがせいぜいですよ。

[@1983japan]

日めくりカレンダーのイメージがなくなった

[@gnbt01]

01:30 This cute girl reminds me of Asakura Ryouko in Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi.

[@godzero9]

Hmmm So that's the childhood life of my dad...

[@user-of8zy3mf9j]

この年に生まれた神奈川県川崎市川崎区の者です。ここは何処なんだろう。三浦海岸近くの お金持ちの人かな？私は12歳までは六畳一間、共同台所、共同便所もちろん風呂なし４人家族の 絵にかいたような貧乏一家でした。今思えば皆そこそこ貧乏ながら楽しい時代を過ごしたと思います。 贅沢を知らないと貧乏も大した問題じゃなかった。

[@xxxrupture]

very niceee. how about this kid now?? is his live became good??

[@DesertArizona]

MichaelRogge Do you know what this video was originally used for? Or what context it was broadcast in?

[@michaelijsbrand]

These documentary films were primarily used in education in the USA. They were far ahead of other countries in visual education.

[@lylehsaxon]

MichaelRogge Yes, I well remember seeing films like this as a child (in the 1960's). There's something soothing about the narration that takes me back. The teacher would generally have to spend some time getting the projector set up in the back of the room (no video then - that came in the 1970's) and once they got the machine going (a fairly expensive piece of equipment), the lights would be turned off and we'd watch the film with the audio mixed with the motor sounds of the projector. For some reason, one of the films that I remember well showed how "wonderful" large-scale farming of mono-crops drenched in pesticides was.... Unfortunately, my school didn't show us many films about foreign countries. I wish they had. But thanks to you, I can see them now! I suppose this film was made for elementary (primary) school students, to show how kids their age lived in Japan. Very interesting. I wish there was more location information though! The train line, I would hazard to guess, is probably the Keikyu Line. (Oh! Incidentally, I've been wanting to apologize to you for several years about he zeppelin footage! Reading more about that, it seems that that it was used specifically to film some effects of the war *after* it had ceased to be used for carrying people.) Back to Yokohama - it's very different now than that brief part in the film!

[@tokyo31206]

日本真是很先進欸

[@kichanyama4125]

50年前の屏風ヶ浦、関内、伊勢佐木町その周辺は工場ばっかやし、上大岡とかはまだ疎らの頃でしたし、また根岸線も磯子駅ができる前後だった様な気がしたね...。この年は(お願いですから！第一次)東京五輪の前年ですからね...。でも、地元磯子の50年前の貴重たるものをありがとうございました。

[@buddhagautama673]

神奈川県ですか｡ 地元民の貴重な感想をありがとうございます！

[@TheMadisonHang]

i miss this vibe

[@nutchan0731]

they visited Yokohama. i see many signboard （motomachi, isezaki yokohama bank etc) their village is near Ｙokohama train line is keikyu line(京急線）

[@ssjup81]

Thank you!! I read Isezaki but had no idea where it was.

[@user-bt8mx9pp9o]

すごいわ～うちのオヤジが生まれる前の年ですわ 一瞬、丸ノ内線？とおもたら品川止まりの京急なのね

[@hezbollah95818]

nice video, I wonder if Ito is still alive?

[@Squirrelschaser]

Damn this was sad. He lost his kite. Sorry for the spoilers.

[@onitank4498]

道が広いね〜〜！！！

[@TheDarkCurrent]

'Ito' and the string? :)

[@teio748]

That boy must be in his 60s now

[@donaldedward4951]

Nice. But unintentionally funny. That poor kite never got to see all those cars and trucks in the city. But it did get a wonderful ball of string. Enjoyable nevertheless.

[@suckmyass7368]

He had a drone

[@rchiproportion]

⭐️